Requirements

Hardware

⇒ A computer with at least a 8 GB RAM and 2 computing cores is recommended.

Software

⇒ Windows 7 (32 or 64 bits) or later.

⇒ For reading Thermo® RAW files, the MSFileReader must be installed by creating an account at Thermo®, then logging and choosing Utility Software.

⇒ The .NET framework 4.6.1, which will be automatically updated by SIM-XL if necessary.

⇒ For opening the structural script to visualize the 3D model protein, the PyMOL must be installed.

Data files

⇒ SIM-XL is compatible with data files in the formats mzML 1.1.0, MS2, Mascot Generic Format (MGF), Agilent® and Waters® RAW files and can work directly with Thermo® RAW files if the freely available MSFileReader is locally installed.